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Following the text adopted as part of the regulation on biocides, Regulation 2018/605 of 19 April 2018, published in the Official Journal of the Europ...

In 1932, Aldous Huxley tried to imagine what the future beauty world would be like. He said that this world should be perfumed and that cellulite woul...

As every year, this year in-cosmetics global show held on April 17-19 in Amsterdam rewarded the best cosmetic ingredients launched over the past six m...

Convenient when you are flying (or travelling, generally speaking), pads, or cleansing, solvent, and most of all, exfoliating pieces cotton, are on a ...

Men’s products are nothing new, but their perception by consumers long remained obscure. Today, gentlemen give more importance to their own image and ...

To know whether you should notify and label a nano ingredient, you should actually know if it is a nano – and be able to test it so that it can be cha...

What used to be called waste has become co-products: raw materials whose treatment and use are increasingly trendy. At the 2018 U’Cosmetics conference...

Light control in cosmetics began with the effects of pigments and fillers used to modify colour perception or skin appearance. We will not return in t...

Anses just launched a database it has developed that contains around 500 TRVs (toxicity reference values), some of them being used in cosmetics, aimed...

Olivier Couraud, founder of the brand Olivier Claire, is one of these human beings you gladly call ‘quite a character’. Why is that so? Simply because...

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

A beautifully shaped, soft, and rounded bottom is a real attractive advantage that French cosmetics manufacturers had not explored yet! This spring, t...

As from what threshold of nanoparticles is a material considered a nano? At two recent events, Cosmed’s 2018 Rencontres Réglementaires (a congress ded...

With its particular mentality and specific distribution channels, the Japanese cosmetics market has characteristics that need to be well-understood be...

I am sure regular readers of our mood notes were not surprised by the recent news about the notion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). For those that do ...

Today, everyone is focused on naturalness, health, environmental, and resource preservation, responsible products and companies… This trend has emerge...

A Mintel study shows that two-thirds (66%) of urban Chinese consumers aged 20-49 with skin conditions say lifestyle is a major factor in these illness...

You may have them in your cupboards. Maybe, you use them, still. Beware: they are dangerous, illegal, harmful… and are the subject of a recall or ban ...

It is the start of the slimming season! The 2018 vintage offers few real innovations, but does confirm major trends: naturalness, sensoriality, and mu...

On March 22, 2018, the professional association of cosmetics SMEs organized its traditional congress dedicated to cosmetics regulations in Paris. CMRs...

RIVM has just published the results of its recent study on parabens. The Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment has cond...

It is not easy for a French company to approach and penetrate the Japanese cosmetics market. At a workshop dedicated to Japan on March 20, 2018, Busin...

Cosmetics formulation requires being familiar with regulations, but also with most diverse disciplines including Biology, Physiology, Galenics, Toxico...

It seems it is a short step from cosmetics to pharmaceuticals. In addition to the beauty offering that flourishes in pharmacy departments, there is al...